Anyone who has ever experienced the explosive Javanese duo Senyawa at work, is no doubt reminded of vocal artists Mike Patton or Blixa Bargeld and of an intangible musical impact with a punk streak. This unique duo from Yogyakarta transformed traditional Javanese music through avant garde experiment and a serious injection of punk. Instrumentalist Wukir Suryadi builds his own instruments and frontman/singer Rully Shabara screams/pants /mumbles /sings and impresses with his unbelievable vocal technique.

Patshiva Cie is a 25-member polyphonic female choir that resides in Brussels. At the helm: choir leader Dounia Depoorter and choreographer Fatou Traoré who has French-Malinese roots and earned her stripes with/collaborated with Rosas (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker) and Alain Platel.

At the invitation of EUROPALIA INDONESIA, Senyawa will reside in les ateliers claus for two weeks while the two work there on new material. For the first time, Wukir Suryadi will bring along a series of self-built instruments that the audience can take a closer look at after the show. Highlight will no doubt be the collaboration with polyphonic choir Patshiva Cie.

NÂR is formed in Brussels in 2016 by Nadia Daou aka Dâwn & Zora Vipera. NÂR (solo): the performance is based on improvisation with loops. exploring sound through repetition. pretty much inspired & colored by middle-eastern sounds, north african ritual trance music (as gnawa, sufi…) and distorted textures, soundscapes mostly found in (kraut, industrial, noise rock, no wave, drone..)